If we remember them at all, the Sheffield pop group Pulp are
remembered for jolly class warfare ditty 'Common People', for the
celebrity of their interestingly-named frontman, for the latter waving
his arse at Michael Jackson at the Brit awards, for being part of a
non-movement called 'Britpop', and for disappearing almost without
trace shortly after. They made a few good tunes, they did some funny
videos, and while they might be National Treasures, they're nothing
serious. Are they? This book argues that they should be taken
seriously —very seriously indeed. Attempting to wrest Pulp away from
the grim jingoistic spectacle of Britpop and the revivals-of-a-revival
circuit, this book charts the very strange things that occur in their
records, taking us deep into a strange exotic land; a land of
acrylics, adultery, architecture, analogue synthesisers and burning
class anger. This is book about pop music, but it is mainly a book
about sex, the city and class via the 1990s finest British pop group.
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ISBN
9781846948787
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Zero Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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